You need to read "Makeup to Breakup: My Life In and Out of Kiss" by Peter Criss.

Ace's book "No Regrets" touched on some of the stuff, but Peter lays it all out on how Gene is all about greed.
edit:Paul too, in the way they screwed him and Ace out of big profits from the reunion tours.

I still listen to them, especially anything from the 1970s as new killer bootlegs from then always appear every year, but doubt I will ever buy anything that says KISS again.

Gene simmons is about as stupid as his negro haircut.
Kiss sucks, no matter how many "oh, but c'mon man", "They have good stuff", "you just gotta get into it" you get.
They're just not a good band, I feel ashamed when someone I know likes them.

KISS never had any integrity. Really can't be overemphasized. They were conceived from the get-go as a brand and a money-making machine. Simmons has no respect for his own music - just read some of the descriptions he's given of it over the years.

Still, they can be a decent band at times. Just don't get worked up when they do dumb shit like this, because that's really what they're all about. Ghost predecessors in all respects._________________http://unspeakableaxerecords.com